Ecclesiastes 9:2-4

Common English Bible

² Everything is the same for everyone. The same fate awaits the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,^[a] the pure and the impure, those who sacrifice and those who don’t sacrifice. The good person is like the wrongdoer; the same holds for those who make solemn pledges and those who are afraid to swear. ³ This is the sad thing about all that happens under the sun: the same fate awaits everyone. Moreover, the human heart is full of evil; people’s minds are full of madness while they are alive, and afterward they die. ⁴ Whoever is among the living can be certain about this. A living dog is definitely better off than a dead lion,